create-issues.yml

name: Create Good First Issues

on:
  workflow_dispatch:  # run manually from the Actions tab

jobs:
  create-issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Post issues from .github/issues/
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            const fs   = require('fs');
            const path = require('path');

            const dir   = '.github/issues';
            const files = fs.readdirSync(dir)
              .filter(f => f.endsWith('.md'))
              .sort();

            // Fetch all existing issue titles (open + closed) for idempotency
            const existing = await github.paginate(
              github.rest.issues.listForRepo,
              { owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo, state: 'all', per_page: 100 }
            );
            const existingTitles = new Set(existing.map(i => i.title));

            for (const file of files) {
              const raw = fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, file), 'utf8');

              // Parse YAML frontmatter between the first two --- delimiters
              const fmMatch = raw.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---\n([\s\S]*)$/);
              if (!fmMatch) {
                core.warning(`No frontmatter found in ${file}, skipping.`);
                continue;
              }

              const [, frontmatter, body] = fmMatch;

              // Parse title (supports quoted and unquoted values)
              const titleMatch = frontmatter.match(/^title:\s*"?(.+?)"?\s*$/m);
              if (!titleMatch) {
                core.warning(`No title in ${file}, skipping.`);
                continue;
              }
              const title = titleMatch[1];

              // Parse labels array:  ["label one", "label two"]
              const labelsMatch = frontmatter.match(/^labels:\s*(\[.*\])\s*$/m);
              let labels = [];
              if (labelsMatch) {
                try {
                  labels = JSON.parse(labelsMatch[1]);
                } catch {
                  core.warning(`Could not parse labels in ${file}`);
                }
              }

              if (existingTitles.has(title)) {
                core.info(`⏭  Already exists — skipping: "${title}"`);
                continue;
              }

              await github.rest.issues.create({
                owner:  context.repo.owner,
                repo:   context.repo.repo,
                title,
                labels,
                body:   body.trim(),
              });

              core.info(`✅ Created: "${title}"`);
            }